"An earnest plea to expunge the accolade 'Jester'.🤡"

[*TICKLE TIME*]

Hark! This accolade, titled 'Clown,' bears a history steeped in ignominy, wielded to besmirch those of minority ilk, oft casting shadows of folly and ineptitude upon their character.
By endorsing such a category, Steam doth champion a guise of cyber-ridicule and bullying.
To renounce this 'Clown' honor would proclaim a dedication to nurturing an inclusive realm within the gaming sphere,
where every creator and player finds esteem for their craft, unbound by sexual orientation or race.
An opportunity doth present itself ere Steam to stand as an ally to the LGBTQAI++ cohort, through the annulment of this 'Clown' appellation.

[Piston Smashed™]

Lets replace it with a snowflake...

[SqueakyTweaky]

It is fine as it is, if you have clown issues visit a circus to overcome your fears.

[Katarina ♡]

Ich don'th understanede thee, but gdday to you good noble sir. ^_^

[( ( < < <🤖> > > ) )]

what about replacing it with a lollipop 🍭

[MonkehMaster]

i dont think spamming that in several forums is going to work how you want.

[*TICKLE TIME*]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Katarina ♡:

Ursprünglich geschrieben von ragefifty50:

what about replacing it with a lollipop 🍭

Okay that is a cute idea. Or a little wrapped candy or a chocolate bar? ^_^

[Realigo Actual]

OK Vavlé eyes up because I got them super good ideas. Right so Steam employees, not the plant, not the sentient G-man AI, should create a bunch of nebulous secret tier-2 rules, right, like certain combinations of awards or patterns in gifting or dates or times, that when satisfied yield secret awards with them big points. It would make award fishing more interesting.

[miakisfan]

At this point in time with how it is given out it is more of a badge of honor than anything else.

If I really worried about what people on the internet thought about me I would need a visit to my friendly neighborhood therapist anyways.

[SKARDAVNELNATE]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von nonexistence:

To renounce this 'Clown' honor would proclaim a dedication to nurturing an inclusive realm within the gaming sphere,

A good reason not to do it, then.

Ursprünglich geschrieben von nonexistence:

where every creator and player finds esteem for their craft, unbound by sexual orientation or race.

That certainly has not been the trend. I find that a focus on inclusiveness only places greater significance on those aspects and sows greater division because of it.

[*TICKLE TIME*]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von miakisfan:

At this point in time with how it is given out it is more of a badge of honor than anything else.

If I really worried about what people on the internet thought about me I would need a visit to my friendly neighborhood therapist anyways.

What!?

[Knightspace]

That's a clown bait if i've ever seen one.

[mldb88]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Knightspace:

That's a clown bait if i've ever seen one.

Yup, and ironically one of the only sensible arguments for removing the jester is to cut down on clown bait threads that seem to be everywhere. Sure there will always be trolls with new releases but steam points kinda just ramp up the incentive to make pointless posts like this one at best or flat out incendiary posts at worst.

[Norismo]

No

[*TICKLE TIME*]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Naurisimo:

No

Why?

[Chika Ogiue]

Must feel bad, huh? Tried farming a clown award, and 9 hours later still didn't get one.